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The Transformational Decade
Snapshots of a Decade from 9/11 to the Obama Presidency
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2012
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The Transformational Decade shows the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It is not a strict history, but rather snapshots of a decade that has fundamentally altered perceptions of the United States.
In some respects, this book is modeled after Frederick Lewis Allen’s Only Yesterday and Since Yesterday, acclaimed books that sought to capture the spirit of the 1920s and ’30s. London sees the period from 2001 to 2008 as “post yesterday,” a period that broke with the past, challenged the essence of the free market, and contested America’s role on the world stage.
In an effort to limn these snapshots from recent history, London has written several “decade” books: The Overheated Decade, The Counterfeit Decade, and The Decade of Denial. This book, The Transformational Decade, differs in that it represents a separation from the past. London illuminates a decade that he considers to be a new and more frightful period than any in recent American history.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-5908-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-5909-3
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
178
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Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 7 - 12
Chapter 1 America Agoniste No access Pages 13 - 30
Chapter 2 The Age of Experimentation No access Pages 31 - 51
Chapter 3 The Slippery Slope of Cultural Degradation No access Pages 52 - 67
Chapter 4 False Prophets No access Pages 68 - 79
Chapter 5 Technology Is Creating A Brave or Foolish New World No access Pages 80 - 90
Chapter 6 The End of Bipartisanship No access Pages 91 - 111
Chapter 7 Ignorance Is Not Bliss No access Pages 112 - 137
Chapter 8 Things Fall Apart No access Pages 138 - 160
